Queering Nutrition and Dietetics LGBTQ+ Reflections on Food Through Art
Edited By Phillip Joy, Megan Aston
Chapter 35 by Mikey Anderson
Ace (ing) ED is a one page, six panel black, grey, and white autobiographical comic about the
author, Mikey Anderson’s, experience with asexuality and disordered eating.The comic
examines topics ranging from the manifestation of the artists’ disordered eating from trauma to
the implications of social media's constant imagery of ideal gay bodies and bias from dating
apps. The comic opens a space for queer folx to feel comfortable with sharing their experiences
in the therapeutic space and beyond.